NEWS: Marriage Announcement - Watkins & Barker, 1897 - Warren Co, KY

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Contributed to the USGW Kentucky Archives by: 
Barbara W. Hilyerd, July 10, 1998
"bwhilyerd@hcc-uky.campus.mci.net"
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Marriage announcement of Perry Albert WATKINS and Katie Evans BARKER
Submission #27 by Barbara W. Hilyerd


    These two clippings are glued in the front of the Bible of Katie
Evans Barker Watkins who died in 1966 in Owensboro, KY.

The first clipping is apparently from the May 12, 1897, *The Press* of
Bowling Green, Ky, although the date and source are not on the clipping.


                Watkins-Barker
    Mr. Perry Watins and Miss Katie Barker left on the noon train today
for Nashville to attend the Centennial. They were accompanied by Mr. C. H.
Bailey and Miss Mary Breedlove and when they return to this city there will
be no Miss Barker but instead a Mrs. Perry Watkins. Mr. Watkins the groom
is a well-known young businessman of this city and Miss Barker a most
estamable young lady who has scores of friends who join The Press in
extending the heartiest congratulations.


    The second clipping must be from the May 13, 1897, issue of the
Nashville, TN, *American*.

    A very pretty marriage was solemnized in the parlor of the
Merchants Hotel at 7:30 o'clock last evening. It united the lives of Miss
Katie E. Barker and Perry A. Watkins, a popular young couple from Bowling
Green, Ky. Rev. George A. Lofton officiated. The bride, who is a very
beautiful young woman, was attired in a gray dress, trimmed in a delicate
pink material. Those who witnessed the nuptials were L. W. Russell, the
proprietor of the hotel; H. R. Roberts, clerk; L.A. Russell, Casa Bailey
and Miss Mary Breedlove, of Bowling Green. The bride is the daughter of
Mrs. Bettie Barker, and is a member of a prominent family of Bowling Green.
The young people arrived in the city yesterday afternoon and proceeded to
make arrangements for the marriage. When the groom was asked by and
"American" reporter last night if the marriage was a runaway affair, he
replied that they came down to see the Centenniel, and last night was as
good a time to be married as any, they decided to carry out the agreement
existing between them. Mr. and Mrs. Watkins will leave this afternoon for
their home at Bowling Green.

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